Ugh, so tired. Good advice is to find what time(s) of day you have good, positive energy, and practice during those times. Well, I know that 8:00 to 9:15 pm in the evening is not that time. But this is what you have to do to balance your employed working life with practice time. At least mostly, for me.
It doesn’t help that I’ve again gotten sick and tired of some of these excerpts. Probably some of that “sick and tired” is frustration at not playing them as well as I would like, masquerading as not liking them. If I played them smoothly and accurately all the time, I’d probably be just pleased as punch to play them. So there’s a goal to work for, and a dose of “get over yourself!”
A good long lesson with David Murray in Indianapolis on Saturday. And long drives on each end, haha. But the drives give me time to reflect on the commitment I have made to work on this music, and take this audition, and the next and the next . . .
Right now, better to get a good night’s sleep that to keep wallowing in my frustrated fatigue.
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